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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9255, 3 December 1891, Page 2

A general meejbing of the Bell Block Racing Club wiljl bo held at the Princo of Wales' H#toJ on §ai,ur<jlay night. A,t the dinner giv.en io Jfr Q. Id ham, of jthe freezing works at Patea, last we,§lc, Mr $Jeary g&yo some yery interesting information as jLo the prospects of that district. Referring to (the abf ppjng business at tho port, he said, in JB.BB th,ere nyorfi «9 arrivals m port ;in 1889, .§0 ; in 1.8, 90, B 0: and in Ijß9l, up to thf present; 103 : making this year an additwn of oyor 5. 0 for the year, or ono a week, whisb brp#gb£ about a corresponding increase of vyliarf revenuo which this year ajroaiy exceeded last by £145, which calculated io tonnago meant an increase of 1450 tons per annum in less than three years. The Customs revenue was also increasing in the same I ratio ; thus, in 1888 the receipts were £740, and for the year ending March 1891 the receipts were £2491, while the present year seemed likely to reach £4000. Buyers of Christmas presents will do well to delay their purchases, as G. M. Brasch & Co. have a large shipment landing, consisting of the latest noveltiee io fancy goods, Christmas cards, jewellery, 1 nd £oyB.—ADyT.